ORGANIZATION’S LONGTIME SUPPORTERS HONORED

Hospice of Westchester Golf Invitational Sponsors and Co-Chairmen, from left: William F. Flooks Jr., Beecher Flooks Funeral Home Inc., HOW board chair and event honoree; Jack Geoghegan, Hildegarde D. Becher Foundation Inc.; Barry P. Mitchell Jr., Next Level Private LLC and HOW board member; Mary K. Spengler, RN, MS, LNHA HOW CEO; John Zanzarella, Zanzarella Marketing and event coordinator; Jim O’Connor, Empress EMS and HOW board member; and Karen Zanzarella, Zanzarella marketing and event coordinator.

More than 100 business, community leaders and supporters participated in Hospice of Westchester’s (HOW) 22nd annual Golf Invitational, which was held at Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains on Tuesday, June 4. This year’s event honored Debbie and Bill Flooks, longtime supporters of the organization.

It was the nonprofit’s most successful Golf Invitational to date. Proceeds from the event will support HOW’s commitment to providing compassionate end-of-life care and support to patients and their families.

“It was our privilege to honor our dear friends Bill and Debbie Flooks at this year’s Golf Invitational. They have been some of our most steadfast supporters over the years and have been an integral part of our organization’s success,” said Mary K. Spengler, RN, MS, LNHA, CEO of HOW. “We are humbled by the support we received for this year’s event. The funds raised will help us to continue to support our patients and their families during their most important journey.”

The 2024 Golf Invitational co-chairmen included Tina Bergers, Robert P. Camilli Jr., Michael Centineo, Anthony Ciarletta, Larry Dix, William F. Flooks Jr., Jack Geoghegan, Mary Gibbons Gardiner, Edward Golebiewski, Joseph Kahl, Barry P. Mitchell Jr., Dan Molino, Jim O’Connor, James P. O’Toole, Joseph Pepe, Christa Puccio-Gallo, Louis Ventura, Larry Weiss, George Whitehead and John Zanzarella.

The Grand Sponsors for this year’s event were Atlantic; Beecher Flooks Funeral Home Inc., Hildegarde D. Becher Foundation Inc., Manhattan Beer Distributors LLC, Next Level Private LLC, PKF O’Connor Davies LLP, The Blue Sandstone Group at Morgan Stanley, Peter A. Camilli & Sons Inc., Empress EMS, Envipco, E.W.G. Glass Recovery and Recycle Corp., Grassy Sprain Pharmacy, TOMRA of North America Inc., and Zanzarella Marketing. The hole-in-one contest was sponsored by Pepe Cadillac.